Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes;Nothing of him that does fade,But doth suffer a sea-changeInto something rich and strange.from The Tempest by William Shakespeare

"Faith hurled the top book in her stack. Wump! It was the first time she had ever appreciated Stephen King's wordiness; The Tommyknockers bounced off the passenger door, denting it nicely."Faith from Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly

"It was the end of March, an unusually warm and beautiful day in early spring; though all the days now seemed lovely and warm, bathed as they were in the vernal glow of a dying century."The Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand

"Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers or yesterday's homeopape. When no one's around, kipple reproduces itself."Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

"But you never know what the weather will do in Yorkshire, particularly in the springtime. She was awakened in the night by the sound of rain beating with heavy drops against her window. It was pouring down in torrents and the wind was 'wuthering' round the corners and in the chimneys of the huge old house."The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett

"It seemed to me that he expressed his regret for having passed ten years in vendetta with his good neighbor Orlandi, and he offered him the white hen which he carried as reparation."The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas

"Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather."Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte